Star formation around the youngest supernova remnants in the large magellanic cloud: Implications for type la supernova progenitors

Carles Badenes, Jason Harris, Dennis Zaritsky, José Luis Prieto

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Abstract

We use the star formation history map of the Large Magellanic Cloud recently published by Harris & Zaritsky to study the sites of the four smallest (and presumably youngest) Type la supernova remnants: 0509-67.5, 0519-69.0, N103B and DEM L71. We find that three of the four Type la remnants are associated with old, metal-poor stellar populations, with little or no recent star formation. These include SNR 0509-67.5 which is known to have been originated by an extremely bright SN 1991 T-like event, and yet is located very far away from any star forming regions. It is very unlikely that this bright Type la SN had a young stellar progenitor The fourth Type la remnant, SNR N103B is associated with vigorous star formation activity in the last 100 Myr, and might have had a relatively younger and more massive progenitor.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProbing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe - Cefalu 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference
Pages615-617
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventInternational Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008 - Cefalu, Sicily, Italy
Duration: Sep 7 2008Sep 19 2008

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1111
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherInternational Conference on Probing Stellar Populations Out To The Distant Universe, Cefalu 2008
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityCefalu, Sicily
Period9/7/089/19/08

Keywords

  • Galaxies: individual: large magellanic cloud
  • Galaxies: stellar content
  • Supemovae:general
  • Supernova remnants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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